Monthly Archives: April 2017

Here are most of the lovely and plentiful projects & patterns shared at the April meeting. If you missed sending in your pictures, and it’s not available on Ravelry, feel free to email me and I will be happy to update! Enjoy everyone!

In April, Yarn Club welcomed one of its members, Katherine Matthews, the artist and designer behind Purl Diving, the Guelph-based and -inspired yarn line. For the meeting, Katherine designed and dyed a custom colourway based on Emily Carr’s painting Big Raven, based on a Yarn Club member vote of Canadian paintings. To achieve the colourway […]

In Part 1 I gave a brief overview and resources dealing with colour theory and how to use it effectively in your yarn craft. When I think about colour, however, the theory of the choices we make only accounts for half of the colour equation. I believe that, in order to get a fuller picture of […]

Colour choice is incredibly important to every fibre crafter I know. When you are working from a pattern, for example, your colour choice is the central most important element of your interpretation of the work. Will you replicate the scheme exactly? Or choose your own colour adventure? As yarn-users, unless we are lucky enough to […]